In a world that has grown more dynamic and uncertain, where diversity and differences make way for standardization and uniformity, the film explores the effects of a rapidly changing landscape on lives and livelihoods. Set in Wayanad, in South India, HAVE YOU SEEN THE ARANA? is a journey through a rich and bio-diverse region that is witnessing drastic transformation in the name of \u2018development\u2019.<\/p>\n
A traditional healer\u2019s concern over the disappearance of medicinal plants from the forest, a farmer\u2019s commitment to growing traditional varieties of rice organically and a cash crop cultivator\u2019s struggle to survive amidst farmers\u2019 suicides, offer fresh insights into shifting relations between people, their knowledge systems and the environment.<\/p>\n
Interwoven into contemporary narratives is an ancient tribal creation myth that traces the passage of their ancestors across this land, recalling past ways of reading and mapping the terrain.<\/p>\n
As hills flatten, forests disappear and traditional knowledge systems are forgotten, the film reminds us that this diversity could disappear forever, to be replaced by monotonous and unsustainable alternatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15586,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"languages":[1535],"countries":[807],"film_categories":[1221,1194,1255,1300],"master_copies":[],"pricing_grid":[],"press_types":[],"class_list":["post-15584","film","type-film","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","languages-malayalam-fr","countries-in-fr","film_categories-environnement-fr","film_categories-sante-fr","film_categories-spiritualite-religion-fr","film_categories-systemes-alimentaires-fr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n